Megan Fox

Time Person of the Year 2008

US President Barack Obama was given the title of Time Person of the Year 2008. In November of 2008, Obama was elected as the first African American president of the United States.

World Economic Crisis

Throughout 2008, a world economic crisis took hold. Countries fell into recession and stock markets plunged. Icelandic banks went into receivership. Ireland issued a "bank guarantee" and both the EU and the US slipped into recession.

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Please Read the Letter"

"Please Read the Letter" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss would go on to win a Grammy for 2008's Record of the Year.

The Rickroll.

During this period, a "bait and switch" meme called Rickrolling is becoming popular online.

The Fall of MySpace.

In 2008, popular social network MySpace began to hemorrhage users. Millions of unique users left each month, with most of them migrating over to Facebook.

Facebook

During this period, Facebook experienced massive growth, becoming the most popular social network in the world.

World Financial Crisis

A world financial crisis looms closer. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are placed in government conservatorship. Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated files for bankruptcy. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley become bank holding companies. Ireland enters recession for the first time in over twenty years.

The birth of Rage Comics.

Pre-made cartoon comics called "Rage Comics" were beginning to become more and more popular around this time. At the tail-end of 2008, the meme spread from 4chan to websites such as Reddit.

September 1st, 2015: The game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is released on the XBox One and the PlayStation 4.

How old was I?

Enter your date of birth below to find out how old you were on September 1st, 2008.

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Videos

Looking for some nostalgia? Here are some Youtube videos relating to September 1st, 2008. Please note that videos are automatically selected by Youtube and that results may vary! Click on the "Load Next Video" button to view the next video in the search playlist. In many cases, you'll find episodes of old TV shows, documentaries, music videos and soap dramas.

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Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about September 1st, 2008.

4,297 days have passed since this date.

371,260,800 seconds have passed since the September 1st, 2008.

If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 433,137,600 times.

Since September 1st, 2008, earth has travelled approximately 191,570,572,800 miles through space.

If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 61,876,800 times.

If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 31,928,429 steps. That's about 14,190 miles!

Since this date, 4,455,130 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!